H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

Emails show concerns about potential human-to-pet transmission, with cases in cats now confirmed in multiple states.

A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the ...

Birds and humans have different types of receptors in their respiratory tract that flu viruses attach to, like a lock ...

If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be ...

H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said ...

Officials said there was little risk to public health because the H5N1 bird flu is unlikely to spread between humans.

H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in wastewater collected from a plant in Carson. L.A. County public health officials say ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. It's the first ...

H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, ...

Although H5N1 has been found in many mammals in the U.S., an infection in a pig could have bigger implications for humans.